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事物

shì wù

HSK 5 2-character word

What 事物 means

1. thing; object

The characters in 事物

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…

Example sentences

• 她总是尝试新事物。
  She is always trying new things.

Sounds the same

Read shì wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 事务(political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
• 饰物decorations; jewelry
• 世务worldly affairs